If we had a Richter scale for the magnitude of a stuck story, I wonder if I could take my lesser moments of frustration more seriously. Maybe I could be more strategic about tackling them for what they actually are ... stuck moments. Consider the possible scale. A 4.0 stuck moment causes...
Happy Book Birthday, Brilliant Hues!
Brilliant Hues is here! Celebrate Sadie's fourth book birthday by sketching something today. What should you sketch? Well, in Brilliant Hues, Sadie, Frankie and Vivian are working on a sketchbook...
Sketching with Sadie
In honor of the upcoming release of Brilliant Hues, the fourth book in the From Sadie's Sketchbook Series, I'm hosting a Sketching Challenge. If you've read the first three books, you know that...
Commitment and Creative Winds
Give me a "30 days to (fill in the blank)" program and I'm in. There's something about committing fiercely and the progress that comes along with the commitment that makes me feel as though I'm...
Bushwhacking
We've got a debate going at my house. When is the end of the year? I believe, and have long-held, that the end of the year is the last day of school. Of course, those that hold that December 31 is...
Blog Tour!
So, I'm out on blog tour! The first post is at the Storyteller's Inkpot. Check it out here. Other posts are coming... check back often because at each stop on the tour, we're giving away copies of...
Happy Birthday, Waves of Light!
Waves of Light has officially hit the shelves! I'm going to celebrate for the next ten days... will you celebrate with me? Today, introduce Sadie to a new friend. Visit Facebook and like the Naomi...
Win a Kindle Fire!
From Sadie’s Sketchbook Writing Contest Calling all imaginative tellers of tales… Let Sadie’s adventures spark your own creativity. Draft a story, poem or essay of 500 words or less on one of the...
A Question for Sadie
So, I decided to divulge a secret––most mornings, as I get ready to write, I play a game. You can learn more about it at #rollnwrite. The game warms up my mind and sparks creative ideas, but more...
One Step at a Time
No one likes to fail. Recently, I tried to re-learn how to hula hoop.I have to admit, it was a disaster. Hula hooping only looks cool if you're doing it well. Otherwise, you look more than a little...
